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Made in 1961 for Paramount after the success of his 1959 directorial debut Shadows, John Cassavetes' Too Late Blues follows the exploits of a jazz musician named John 'Ghost' Wakefield (Bobby Darin) who leads a group of musicians with the intention of never selling out or compromising. He and his band are in this for the music, not for financial gain - that is until Ghost meets a beautiful singer named Jess (Stella Stevens). He falls for her fast and hard and before you know it he's trying to figure out how to make her a part of his love life and his musical career. She joins the band and things are starting to pick up for them until there's an altercation at a pool hall one night and Ghost winds up splitting from the group and his lady, who has a past that comes to light, all of this much to the dismay of his manager, Benny (Everett Chambers). Ghost eventually takes solace in the arms of a well to do older woman named (Marilyn Clark). Essentially a cautionary tale about the dangers of selling out, Too Late Blues isn't the film that Cassavetes is remembered for simply because as interesting as it is, it simply isn't as good as some of his better films. Like a lot of Cassavetes' pictures it's more concerned with the characters and how they interact with one another than with an A to B storyline and in that area it's quite interesting. The performances are strong, even sad in spots. Bobby Darin proves to be a pretty decent leading man here and he makes his character's flaws a very important part of his performance. His Ghost is not a strong heroic type and it's interesting to see just how quickly, once he gets a taste of success, he changes his tune and lets go of the integrity that had been so important to him prior. He seems to want to be wanted, we see this in his first relationship with Jess and we see it in his later relationship with Marilyn Clark's wealthy older woman. His flaws make him human. Everett Chambers steals the show as Ghost's manager, his role just a supporting one but no less impressive or important, while Stella Stevens oozes sexuality more than she does actual love or affection. Marilyn Clark is also very effective in her part, and the cast overall is very strong here. As far as the narrative goes, however, Too Late Blues isn't exactly riveting, nor is it as energetic and unhinged feeling as some of Cassavetes' other pictures. It tends to dwell on scenes that don't warrant as much attention as they're given here and there are a lot of scenes of the band playing that, while cool to look at, don't always help the plot all that much. You get the impression here that Cassavetes was still definitely trying to find his style and his 'voice' behind the camera - sometimes he nails it, sometimes he doesn't and he doesn't quite show the same sort of penchant for controlled chaos here that he would go on to show later on in his career. As disjointed and lacking in fluidity as it can be, you do get the impression that the director was working on material which meant a great deal to him and telling a story to which he had a certain amount of personal attachment. David Raskin's score is quite impressive and suits the material well and you've got to admire the camera work more often than not for using some interesting angles and capturing some interesting locations too. The film does kind of bounce around a bit and has some interesting and unexpected moments scattered throughout - established fans of Cassavetes the director specifically will no doubt find much to appreciate about this picture, as will jazz aficionados who will appreciate the soundtrack and some interesting cameos, but it's probably not the best starting point for those looking to delve into the work that he did behind the camera. The DVD
Video: Presented in 1.78.1 anamorphic widescreen, the transfer for Too Late Blues looks good, but not great. Some minor print damage is present throughout and you get the impression that more cleanup work could have been done and might have helped things a bit. Detail isn't bad, and whatever softness is present, and there is some, seems to stem to the original photography and whatever source material was available here. Contrast is generally good when the film is taking place out of doors and not quite as strong when the action takes place inside. There are no problems with the authoring, the image is free of edge enhancement, noise reduction and compression artifacts. The English language Dolby Digital Mono soundtrack is pretty good, with the music coming through nice and clearly and without any serious hiss or distortion issues to note. Dialogue is crisp and easy to understand and follow and the levels seem properly balanced throughout. Limitations of the source material are obvious sometimes, but you can't fault the disc for the fact that this older low budget film sounds like an older low budget film. No alternate language dubs are provided nor are there any subtitles or closed captions offered. Olive Films supplies a static menu and chapter selection but not actual supplements, unfortunately. Too Late Blues isn't going to stand as the high point of John Cassavetes' career but it's an interesting film with a great soundtrack, some excellent camera work and some through provoking moments. Olive Films' DVD doesn't contain any extras at all but it looks and sounds pretty good, making this one recommended for established fans of Cassavetes' output, a good rental for everyone else. |


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Mono Lake Background Information
The Physical Setting and Settlement History
Topography Precipitation
Groundwater Prehistoric and Historic Fluctuations Water Before 1941 Water 1941 to 1994 Table 2.1 Vegetation
Specific Environmental ConcernsVegetation and Wetland Changes
Mono Lake
General statements and explanation of the Geographic Summary are a result of field observations by the WETMAAP Team and a composite of information from multiple sources including reports, articles, books, Internet accessible data, and interviews with experts on Mono Lakes changing lake levels and wetland change.General information from multiple sources and data from Internet websites are not specifically cited.Much of the information compiled in this summary is from the Mono Lake Committee Website. WETMAAP thanks the Mono Lake Committee for their contribution to this project by giving permission for the unrestricted use of information from their website References Consulted, located at the end of this geographic summary, lists the specific Mono Lake Committee webpages used for this summary as well as other sources.
Note: The Geographic Summary is a compilation of information from existing sources and is intended to provide a brief synopsis of the Mono Lake area, changes in lake level, and wetland changes.It is not meant to be an in-depth treatise on the geography and background of the area.
The Physical Setting and Settlement History
Mono Lake,
one of the oldest lakes in North America, is located on the western fringe of the Basin
and Range province, and east of Sierra Nevada Mountains.
This unique lake is approximately 140 miles south of Reno, Nevada and 340 miles
north of the City of Los Angeles (Figure 2.1). During the Pleistocene Age glacial
melt water produced the highest level of Mono Lake causing it to overflow into the Owens
River Gorge and drain south into a large glacial lake in the Owens Valley. Below this highest level Mono Lake has no outlet.
The only natural way for water to leave a terminal lake is through evaporation, which
causes minerals and trace elements present in the run-off to become concentrated in the
water that remains in the lake. This process,
combined with thousands of years of time, has resulted in a lake that has a pH of 10 and
salinity 2-3 times greater than that found in the ocean.
The runoff from the Sierra Nevada Mountains has been the primary source of these
minerals and trace elements in the past. Currently,
physical alterations including road construction and retreating lake levels have changed
the landscape and hydrology affecting the flow of groundwater. An area of current concern for the leaching of
minerals by groundwater is the Mono Craters south of Mono Lake. Runoff is causing the leaching of naturally
occurring minerals found in these volcanic craters that may be hazardous to humans and
Although it would appear that the water chemistry of Mono Lake would make the lake unsuitable for life, nothing could be further from the truth.>Mono Lake and Basin have supported life for thousands of years.There is evidence that humans may have walked
Figure 2.1: Location of Mono Lake
the shores of Mono Lake as early as 5,500 years BP.During the summer months, the early inhabitants would harvest alkali fly pupae, or Kutsavi, which was an excellent source of protein and was easy to obtain.These early people became known as Kutzadikaa, or the fly eaters.The alkali fly pupae food source combined with abundant waterfowl of Mono Lake, allowed the Mono Basin to seasonally support a community of 200 people.
Even though the Kutzadikaa lived in the Mono Lake area for thousands of years, the area was accidentally discovered by European Americans in 1852 by a group of cavalry soldiers who were in pursuit of a band of renegade Miwock Indians from the Yosemite area.While the Indians were never captured, many intriguing ore samples were found in the area of Mono Lake.The news of these ore finds spread and miners descended on the Mono Basin hoping to make their fortunes.The immediate area around Mono Lake was not the source of any large strikes.Substantial veins of silver, however, were found in the area north of Mono Lake near the towns of Bodie and Aurora.These two towns became part of the boom and bust cycle prevalent in many areas of the American West. These communities swelled in size with the news of a silver strike, only to shrink and, in some instances, die when the silver played out. Some settlers moved to the Mono Basin during the gold-strike era hoping to make their living from the land.Some were able to survive by supplying the mining towns with locally grown food. Today, the remains of some of early homesteads can still be found in the Mono basin.While some of the early settlers made their living with cash crops, others made their fortunes by supplying Bodie, Aurora, and other mining towns with timber harvested from the southern portion of the Mono Basin.One of the most successful individuals in this industry was Lee Vining; the town that bears his name is still an important community in the Mono Basin.
The Mono Lake and Basin area remained a profitable place for agriculture until the Great Depression of the 1930s. As a result of the Depression, many landowners were unable to survive financially and were forced to leave the region. As well, during the 1930s, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) realized that they would eventually need to extend their aqueduct north to meet the increasing demand for water in Los Angeles. The LADWP bought large tracts of land from individuals in the Mono Basin, and in larger measure, bought most of the water rights in the Mono Basin.These acquisitions have made Los Angeles the second largest landholder in the Mono Basin, with only the federal government owning more land in this area.
estimate the age of Mono Lake ranges between 1 million and 3 million years. While the
exact age of Mono Lake is a source of a controversy, it is generally agreed that the lake
has held water for over 700,000 years BP. The
debate over the age of the lake arises largely from a test oil well that was drilled on
Poaha Island in the early 1900s. The
workers, after drilling through several hundred feet of sedimentary rock, discovered a
layer of ash, then more layers of sedimentary rock. The
layer of volcanic ash dates to the Long Valley Eruption approximately 760,000 years BP.
This means that the sediment layers beneath the ash are older than 700,000 plus years.
Approximately 3 million years BP (Before Present), the Mono Basin became a closed depressional feature through a combination of block faulting along the eastern scarp of the Sierra Nevada and from a down warping of the north and south sides of the Basin. The Basin closure has continued to be accentuated by the volcanic activity along the southern margins of the Basin.
The Mono Basin is of great interest to geologists because this area has continued geologic activity.The Mono Craters south of Mono Lake are plug dome volcanoes.Cooled lava forms a huge dome shaped structure that plugs the vent in the bottom of the crater.The Mono Craters are relatively young, with eruptions forming the first of these volcanic domes about 100,000 years ago. A few eruptions occurred 100,000 years ago, however, the majority of the Mono Craters formed in the last 10,000 years.Panum Crater, the newest crater of the group, was formed in an eruption approximately 650 years ago.Because Panum Crater is a geologically young volcano, erosion factors have had minimal impact on its features.While Panum Crater is the most recent extrusive volcanic feature to form in the Mono Basin, the most recent example of volcanic activity is Poaha Island, which is the larger of the two islands in Mono Lake.Poaha Island formed about three hundred years ago when lake bottom sediments were pushed upward by magma that lacked the force to break through to the surface.Steam vents and fumeroles present on the island suggest that the volcanic activity within Poaha Island may not be dormant.
The geologic history of the Mono Basin is intense and impressive, and the most dynamic aspect of the Basin is that it still tectonically active with evidence of faulting and volcanic activity within the Basin and the Mono Craters.An 11.5 mile tunnel was drilled through the Mono Craters during the 1930s while extending the aqueduct system for LADWP. Work crews drilling the tunnel observed steam, hot groundwater, and carbon dioxide, all of which indicate volcanic activity.From the geologic record evidence of a volcanic eruption occurs about every 500 years in the Mono Basin, a cycle that has been occurring for a several thousand years, and perhaps a possible calendar of future events.
Mono Lake lies in a tectonic basin surrounded on all sides by mountains.The Sierra Nevada Mountains are to the west of the lake. Mt. Warren, located in the Sierra Nevadas within sight of Mono Lake, is over a mile higher in elevation than the surface of the lake.The Bodie Hills to the north and the Cowtrack Mountains on the east side of the Mono Lake are the remains of earlier volcanic activity that occurred before Mono Lake existed. The Mono Craters are south of the lake with the highest of the plug domes over 9000 feet in elevation.
The Mono Craters, Bodie Hills, and Cowtrack Mountains constitute the majority of
topographic features in the Mono Basin; however, there are three other topographic points
that are also of volcanic origin. Black
Point, currently on dry land, located on the northwestern shore of Mono Lake and easily
recognized because it is a short, flat-topped, black hill with deep fissures on its
southwest side, is believed to have erupted under hundreds of feet of water when Mono Lake
was considerably larger. Negit, the smaller
of the two islands located in Mono Lake, is also of volcanic origin. Paoha is the larger of the two islands located in
Mono Lake and more closely resembles a dried mud flat.
Mono Lakes terraced shorelines are a result of lake retreat, and contribute to the excessive exposure of one of the Basins most striking features, tufa towers. These pale gray limestone towers form underwater and are exposed as the level of the lake decreases. The tufa towers are very common in many alkaline lakes worldwide. Tufa is formed from a simple chemical reaction of a few very abundant elements in the lake environment. Calcium rich water bubbles up from springs in the lake combining with the carbonate saturated water of the lake to form calcium carbonate. This calcium carbonate forms a tower around the spring and continually grows as long as the spring is submerged in the water. Tufa is estimated to grow as much as an inch per year.
Mono Lake lies in the rainshadow on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.The annual precipitation in Mono Lake averages 6 inches.Thunderstorms, some of which may be intense and localized, are the primary source of summer rainfall with the Mono Basin.
The high elevations of the Sierra Nevada receive an average of 50 inches of precipitation.Most of the high elevation precipitation falls as snow, which may occur year-round with the highest accumulations between October and March.
Five major streams, plus a number of small streams, originating in the Sierra Nevada, Bodie Hills, Cowtrack Mountains, and Mono Craters uplift drain into Mono Lake.Snowmelt begins in April and continues through June with maximum runoff in May and June. Because the runoff from snowmelt is highly seasonal, approximately 40 % of the total annual flow occurs in the late spring and early summer.
Since the Mono Basin is a structural and depositional basin, the movement of groundwater flows from the edges toward the center of the basin that is occupied by Mono Lake.The Basin is filled with layers of lake lacustrine, alluvial, colluvial, and glacial sediments that are unconsolidated to poorly consolidated allowing unimpeded flow of groundwater through the layers.Recharge areas are found within the higher mountains and hills surrounding the basin.The flow of groundwater will vary between 175 feet of the basin sediments to shallow depths of less than 3 feet or on the surface near the lakeshore.Mono Lake is a groundwater sink for the Basin.Groundwater is discharged at springs and seeps underneath the lake or near the lakeshore.
The LADWP in 1987 estimated the annual evaporation rate to be 42 inches per year. This makes evaporation approximately 50 % of the total lake water loss.
Prehistoric and Historic Fluctuations
During the last stage of Pleistocene glaciation, approximately 23,000 to 12,500 years ago, the level of the lake in the Mono Basin was 7 times deeper and 5 times larger than it is today.The Pleistocene lake in the Mono Basin has been named Lake Russell.At the time that it reached its maximum extent, approximately 23,000 years BP, it carved a glacial spillway into the Owens River Gorge draining into the Owens Valley.The Lake has reached several low stands during pre-historic and historic times including a glacial stand at approximately 6,600 feet above sea level and at approximately 1,850 year BP the Lake was at its lowest stand ever.The former would have been a couple of hundred feet higher than the present day lake level and the latter would have been approximately 20 feet below the current lake level.
When Mono Lake first formed, it was just one of the many lakes that were prevalent in
the Great Basin of North America.The majority of these lakes have disappeared mainly due
to climatic changes that have occurred in the last 15,000 years. Mono Lake water levels
have fluctuated widely during the climatic changes of the last 15,000 years. When Mono
Lake was fed by glacial meltwaters after the last ice age, approximately 12,500 years BP,
the surface area of the lake was almost 340 square miles with a depth nearing a thousand
feet in the deepest areas of the lake.This ancient lake had a surface area of almost five
times the current level and was nearly 800 feet deeper than Mono Lake currently is today.
Before 1941, the level of Mono Lake appeared to have stabilized at 6,417 feet above sea
level with the highest recorded level this century in 1928 with a height of 6,428 feet
above sea level.These levels no longer exist and will probably never occur again because
of the actions of the LADWP in 1941 and because of other human alternations to stream
drainage and to watersheds.
In 1941, the LADWP began diverting water from Mono Lake.The water in Mono Lake is not potable, however, the five streams that drain into the lake consist of fresh water derived from the snow melt in the Sierra Nevada range.The LADWP recognized this seemingly abundant source of pure water and diverted four of Mono Lakes tributaries to serve as a source of water for Los Angeles.The extreme reduction in lake inflows caused the Lake to decline by 45 feet to 6,372 feet above sea level in 1982; which was the lowest recorded level for the Lake. During this period of tremendous water export, 18,000 acres of former lake bottom were exposed due to the receding water level.
In 1994, after more than a decade of legal battles, the California State Water Resources Control Board issued an order (D.1631) protecting the lake and the tributaries draining into it.The order called for minimum flows to be maintained in all diverted streams. The order implemented a plan that will raise the level of Mono Lake to 6,392 feet above sea level or 17 feet higher than it was when the order was issued.It is expected to take approximately 20 years for the lake to stabilize at this level.
Since the fall of 1994 when D1631 was implemented, the level of the Mono Lake has risen approximately 10 feet.The lake level in October of 1999 was 6,384.4 feet above sea level, while the level of the lake as of May 27, 2000 was 6,384.5 feet above sea level with only 9,300 acres of the pre-1941 lakebed still exposed(Table 2.1). When the lake reaches its stabilized level by 2014, it is projected that there will be only 6,000 remaining acres of the pre-1941 lakebed exposed. The area of the lake will have grown by an estimated five square miles and the salinity will be approximately 10% less than todays levels. While it appears that Mono Lake will reach 6,392-foot level, a few years of diminished snowfall amounts in the Sierra Nevadas could impact the future rates of lake level increases.
Realizing that the demand for water will always be a concern, the Mono Lake Committee and LADWP are working together to develop new strategies and methods to conserve and recycle this precious resource. The East Valley Reclamation Project was implemented through the combined efforts of the Mono Lake Committee and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The reclamation project will eventually supply over 30,000 acre-feet of recycled water per year.This will constitute approximately 40% of the 78,000 acre feet of water that was lost when the order to restore Mono Lake was implemented.The Mono Lake Committee and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power also have worked together to implement a low flush toilet program that distributes low flush toilets free of charge to homeowners, thus stretching water supplies even farther.
Table 2.1:Mono Lake Level 1850-1998
Through these programs and many others, the water used by Los Angeles has declined to levels of use in the mid -seventies. Water reduction has occurred even though the population has increased by over a million people in this same period of time.
Wetland Habitats As the lake level of Mono Lake receded, patches of emergents and shrubs dominated the vegetation that became established on the exposed flats. The patchiness is a result of a series of localized environmental conditions of, primarily, soil salinity and available moisture. Precipitation, depth to the water table, the amount of spring and seep flow, and the extent of salt deposition in the soil from evaporation are factors that influence the environmental conditions around the lakeshore.
While lake levels have decreased and some shallow water habitats have been lost, the change in the phreatophyte communities (plants with roots that extend to the groundwater table, and usually grow around the edges of lakes and playas) has increased from 170 to 1,360 acres between 1940 and 1978. These phreatophytes include emergent marsh of Scirpus spp. and Juncus spp., and scrub-shrubs of willow Salix spp. and Sarcobatus vermiculatus.
A typical transect from the shoreline will include the following communities and species:
The first 1-6 foot of elevation increase will be barren or very sparse salt tolerant vegetation species. Next, the saltgrass, Juncus spp. in particular, will increase in density from sparse to dense.
Marsh grass habitat will develop from the water source to the lake edge if there is a spring or seep available with freshwater on or moistening the surface. This area will be dominated by Scirpus spp. Some wet areas around springs, or along the seep line, will support scrub-shrub species of willow.
The edge of the emergent marsh will transition into dry upland scrub-shrub and upland range habitats of Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) and Rabbitbrush (Chysothamnus spp.). This will occur between 5 and 12 feet vertical elevation above the lake level. Typically, in this scrub-shrub sagebrush habitat, the plants tolerant of high salinity and a water table closer to the surface may be found closer to the shoreline, and consist of Chrysothamnus nauseousus mixed with emergent marshgrass. Conversely, Artemisia tridentata will dominate the upland scrub-shrub and upland range habitats where the water table is greater than one meter below the surface.
Riparian vegetation dominates the streams that drain into Mono Lake. The riparian vegetation will vary from very sparse in the dryer stream bottoms and on the alluvial fans to a dense streamside growth of woody trees. The riparian vegetation at the mouths of the streams as they discharge into the Lake has undergone several changes as lake levels have increased and decreased. The streams have incised into the glacial outwash and lake sediments, cutting narrower valleys and producing small deltas at the shoreline. As the discharge levels of the streams have decreased over time these deltas have become subaerial providing additional habitats of scrub-shrub rather than shallow water inundated emergents.
Farther up the slopes of the Sierra Nevada front the pinyon-juniper scrub-shrub woodland is evident. However, because of low precipitation availability due to the rainshadow effect on the eastern side of the Sierras, this woodland is comprised of stunted tree growth and is dominated by Artemisia tridentata and Purshia tridentata.
Historically, Mono Lake contained numerous types of wetland habitats to support the large numbers of migratory waterfowl that used the lake.Today the wetland habitats of the pre-diversion days have declined or changed because declining water levels have caused the degradation and loss of large areas of wetlands.It is estimated that before the diversions began, lagoons, fresh water marshes, and creek deltas accounted for approximately 900 acres of wetland habitat.This estimate does not include the speculative one mile long lagoon at Simmons Point.
The diversions that began in 1941 did not have an immediate impact on the vegetation and habitats of Mono Lake.The first noticeable effect of the diversions occurred when the lake level fell below 6,405 feet above sea level.When the lake fell below this level, the large lagoons that were on the northeastern shore of the lake disappeared. The level below 6,405 was reached in 1957 or 16 years after the diversions began. Throughout the 1960s as the lake level declined, more habitats were lost, primarily at creek deltas as freshwater creeks incised their stream beds. Incision, reduced stream flows, and questionable water discharge practices contributed to the additional loss of approximately 200 acres of riparian plant growth along Mono Lakes four main tributaries.
Although there has been a reduction of shallow lagoon areas, the areas of marsh, wetland scrub, alkali meadow and wet meadow have increased substantially.With this increase, however, the habitat types around the lake have changed, thus affecting the quality and functions of the vegetation and open water.In particular, the change in wetland types has produced more less-desirable habitats for most waterfowl.
When areas of lakebed are exposed, a layer of efflorescent salt forms on the surface of the former lakebed.This salt is one of the main ingredients of the alkali dust along with the soil from poorly vegetated areas of the former lakebed. On windy days alkali dust from the exposed former lakebed becomes wind-born affecting air quality, visibility, and corrosion.
In addition to raising the level of the lake, D.1631 provides for the restoration of streams and the riparian corridors of growth that follow these streams.The restoration projects will be accomplished through the use of various techniques including the re-watering and elimination of grazing on riparian vegetation.Hand labor, heavy equipment and fire have been and are still currently being used to clear channels and creek deltas to improve their productivity. As the lake and stream levels have increased, the emphasis has been placed on allowing streams to mimic natural flows so that riparian vegetation can reestablish itself in a more natural manner.
Specific Environmental Concerns
The waters of Mono Lake are too alkaline to support any species of fish, however, brine shrimp are abundant. The high alkalinity of the lake supports a very unique and robust ecosystem that attracts millions of migrating birds each year. Significant numbers of Eared Grebes, Wilsons Phalaropes and Red-necked Phalaropes use the lake as a primary stopover point along the migration routes to and from Central and South America each year. The birds forage on the brine shrimp and alkali flies that thrive in the saline waters of the lake. Mono Lake also is the nesting ground for large numbers of California Gulls; the only place in the world having a higher concentration is the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The gulls at Mono Lake used Negit Island as one of their primary nesting sites until 1977 when the excessive diversions of water caused the level of the lake to drop low enough for a land bridge to develop. This allowed predators to feed on the birds and their nests. Consequently, the gulls moved their nesting site to some of the small islands around Negit Island, but it is undetermined how much of an effect this relocation had on the gull population of the lake. Mono Lake also hosts the nesting grounds for more than 10% of Californias breeding population of Snowy Plovers and numerous other species of ducks, geese and other water birds.
In the past, over one million ducks migrated to Mono Lake annually. Even though these numbers of waterfowl are impressive, some species of waterfowl that used the lake have declined to 1% of their pre-diversion numbers. A major reason for this decline is the decreasing inflow of freshwater. Mono Lake, although highly alkaline, has freshwater environments at the mouths of the streams flowing into the lake -- a phenomenon known as hypopycnal stratification. Hypopycnal stratification is the condition in which low density freshwater floats on the top of the denser water of the lake before mixing. This layer is an ideal habitat for ducks because they are able to feed on the brine shrimp and alkali flies above, below, and at the edges of this environment. Consequently, as inflows have decreased, these habitats have decreased in size and carrying capacity, thus reducing the number of ducks using the lake.
Fragile, hardly seems the appropriate word to use in a description of any part of an ancient lake. A lake that has seen glaciers come and go and volcanoes erupt on its shores, but fragile is a very accurate description of the ecosystem of Mono Lake. Brine shrimp and alkali flies have adapted to the environment of Mono Lake after many thousands of years; however, as the salinity of the lake has increased due to diversions the numbers of brine shrimp and alkali flies present at Mono Lake has decreased. This can be attributed to the fact that more energy is needed to survive in the increased salinity so less energy is available for growth and reproduction. If the alkalinity had increased naturally over time the flies and shrimp would have been able to adapt to the changes over many generations. As it was the alkalinity of the lake almost doubled in a fifty year period.
It is anticipated that as the lake level increases the number of brine shrimp, alkali flies and acres of hypopycnal habitat will increase. The National Forest Service has also recognized the need for the protection of nesting areas around the lake and has imposed numerous restrictions on how close individuals can get to these nesting areas. It is hoped that these measures will make the lake more desirable to larger numbers of waterfowl in the future.
The importance of this lake cannot be disregarded. While Mono Lake can never be returned to its pre-diversion state it is hoped that through the efforts of the Mono Lake Committee, National Forest Service, and numerous other organizations that Mono Lake will continue to be an important part of the ecosystem of the western hemisphere for many years to come.
� Los Angeles Aqueduct (LAA): supplies two-thirds of City of Los Angeles,
average 400,000 feet per year AF/Y). Court
decisions to provide additional water to benefit the environment in the Mono Basin and
Owens Valley have limited the Citys aqueduct deliveries. Long-term projections for LAA deliveries are
about 350,000 AF/Y that will satisfy about half of the Citys water needs.
� Local Groundwater: The
City is entitled to 110,000 AF/Y from the San Fernando Basin (SFB), Central, Sylmar and
West Coast groundwater basins. Since 1970,
local wells have produced about 95,000 AF/Y accounting for 15 percent of the Citys
total water supply. Approximately 80% of this
water is from the SFB with the balance from the remaining basins.
Source: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: http://www.ladwp.com/water/supply/facts/index.htm
1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | |
California (state) | 2,377,549 | 3,426,861 | 5,677,251 | 6,907,387 | 10,586,223 | 15,717,204 | 19,953,134 | 23,668,000 |
Mono County | -- | -- | 2,115 | 2,213 | 4,016 | 8,600 | ||
Los Angeles County | 4,151,687 | 6,038,771 | 6,938,453 | 7,477,500 | ||||
Los Angeles (city) | 319,198 | 576,673 | 1,238,048 | 1,504,277 | 1,970,358 | 2,479,015 | 2,816,061 | 2,966,900 |
TOTAL PERSONS Estimated 1990-1998
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | |
California (state) | 29,950,111 | 30,414,114 | 30,875,920 | 31,147,208 | 31,317,179 | 31,493,525 | 31,780,829 | 32,217,708 | 32,682,794 |
Mono County | 10,007 | 9,806 | 9,993 | 10,260 | 10,559 | 10,488 | 10,400 | 10,410 | 10,307 |
Los Angeles Co. | 8,875,317 | 8,931,985 | 9,021,867 | 9,064,197 | 9,048,129 | 9,029,470 | 9,056,547 | 9,126,131 | 9,223,807 |
Los Angeles (city) | 3,490,259 | 3,509,627 | 3,546,845 | 3,557,931 | 3,545,668 | 3,537,384 | 3,544,666 | 3,563,656 | 3,597,556 |
1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | |
California (state) | -- | 44 | 65 | 21 | 53 | 48 | 27 | 19 |
Mono County | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 81 | 114 |
Los Angeles Co. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 45 | 15 | 8 |
Los Angeles (city) | -- | 81 | 115 | 22 | 31 | 26 | 14 | 5 |
TOTAL PERSONS Percent Change Estimated 1990-1998
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | |
California (state) | -- | .02 | .02 | .009 | .005 | .001 | .009 | .014 | .014 |
Mono County0.4 | -- | -.027 | .013 | .003 | .029 | -.007 | -.008 | .001 | -.010 |
Los Angeles Co.0.44 | -- | .006 | .010 | .005 | -.002 | .002 | .003 | .008 | .011 |
Los Angeles (city) | -- | .006 | .011 | .003 | .003 | -.002 | .002 | .005 | .010 |
Age Structure
Years of Age | California | Mono County | Los Angeles |
City of |
0 to 6 | 3,287,381 | 1,118 | 992,689 | 377,456 |
7 to 18 | 4,872,195 | 1,401 | 1,461,613 | 53,519 |
19 to 24 | 2,904,946 | 854 | 927,640 | 391,519 |
25 to 39 | 8,230,491 | 3,464 | 2,502,106 | 1,019,046 |
40 to 59 | 6,240,837 | 2,118 | 1,868,486 | 691,172 |
60 to 84 | 3,935,726 | 995 | 900,454 | 435,393 |
85 and Over | 288,445 | 6 | 82,682 | 34,293 |
School Enrollment And Type of School
Persons 3 years and over
California | Mono |
Los Angeles |
City of Los |
Preprimary School | ||||
Public school | 287,748 | 104 | 74,476 | 25,962 |
Private school | 220,562 | 85 | 62,585 | 23,600 |
Elementary/High School | ||||
Public school | 4,714,848 | 1,437 | 1,430,190 | 531,302 |
Private school | 484,677 | 65 | 185,714 | 80,848 |
College | ||||
Public school | 2,174,449 | 362 | 614,959 | 249,270 |
Private school | 417,762 | 43 | 153,295 | 67,656 |
Not Enrolled In School | 20,017,641 | 7,380 | 5,894,895 | 2,334,461 |
Source: http://venus.census.gov
California | Mono |
Los Angeles |
City of |
Urban | 27,571,878 | 4,505 | 8,786,271 | 3,485,398 |
Rural | 2,188,143 | 5,451 | 76,893 | 0 |
Farm | 150,535 | 82 | 1,154 | 0 |
Nonfarm | 2,037,608 | 5,369 | 75,739 | 0 |
Total | 29,760,021 | 9,956 | 8,863,164 | 3,485,398 |
Source: http://venus.census.gov
California |
Mono |
Los Angeles County | City of Los Angeles | |
Less than $5,000 | 403,714 | 188 | 142,450 | 72,640 |
$ 5,000 to $ 24,999 | 3,142,064 | 1,330 | 921,008 | 427,286 |
$25,000 to $39,999 | 2,572,196 | 987 | 624,991 | 247,920 |
$40,000 to $59,999 | 2,149,381 | 855 | 583,071 | 208,400 |
$60,000 to $99,999 | 1,758,345 | 450 | 487,500 | 166,669 |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 475,884 | 145 | 631,594 | 54,649 |
$150,000 or more | 258,167 | 58 | 91,229 | 42,206 |
Median Income | 35,798 | 31,924 | 34,965 | 30,925 |
Employed persons 16 and over
California | Mono County | Los Angeles County | City of Los Angeles | |
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries | 433,582 | 286 | 54,215 | 23,164 |
Mining | 39,542 | 63 | 6,911 | 1,703 |
Construction | 958,531 | 675 | 246,580 | 97,573 |
Manufacturing, Nondurable Goods | 752,144 | 79 | 307,002 | 130,004 |
Manufacturing, Durable Goods | 1,608,764 | 99 | 554,335 | 177,870 |
Transportation, Communications, And Other Public Utilities | 935,576 | 194 | 289,005 | 100,934 |
Wholesale Trade | 639,725 | 59 | 213,097 | 76,222 |
Retail Trade | 2,282,613 | 1,232 | 647,951 | 260,392 |
Finance, Insurance, And Real Estate | 1,061,880 | 413 | 327,998 | 135,214 |
Services | 4,662,989 | 1,936 | 1,139,398 | 498,211 |
Public Administration | 620,963 | 287 | 296,399 | 131,759 |
Source: http://venus.census.gov Source: http://venus.census.gov
California | Mono |
Los Angeles County | City of Los Angeles | |
Public Sewer | 10,022,843 | 8,650 | 3,059,150 | 1,270,841 |
Septic Tank or Cesspool | 1,092,174 | 1,882 | 77,839 | 18,870 |
Other | 67,865 | 132 | 26,354 | 10,252 |
California | Mono |
Los Angeles County | City of Los Angeles | |
Public System or Private Company | 10,668,942 | 8,850 | 3,150,256 | 1,298,202 |
Individual Well: | ||||
Drilled | 432,689 | 1,282 | 9,212 | 758 |
Dug | 31,932 | 39 | 753 | 106 |
Other | 49,319 | 493 | 3,122 | 897 |
California | Mono |
Los Angeles |
City of Los |
Bottle, Tank, or LP Gas | 321,111 | 861 | 45,810 | 16,281 |
Utility Gas | 7,599,735 | 181 | 2,432,845 | 957,619 |
Electricity | 1,996,897 | 745 | 446,587 | 210,028 |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, Etc... | 26,427 | 56 | 1,886 | 975 |
Coal or Coke | 598 | 0 | 188 | 90 |
Wood | 321,401 | 2,079 | 8,406 | 1,874 |
Solar Energy | 13,399 | 22 | 3,573 | 1,776 |
Other Fuel | 17,789 | 11 | 2,748 | 1,691 |
No Fuel | 83,849 | 6 | 47,509 | 27,071 |
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It is timid, and always curls itself up in a ball. If attacked, it flares up its back for protection. | ||
いつもは背中を丸めている。おこったとき、おどろいたとき背中から炎がふきだす。 |
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In Japan, this card was reprinted as a promotional card for the release of Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei and was available at the 11th Next Generation World Hobby Fair held in January and February in 2000. This print only differs from the regular print by featuring "11th Annual World Hobby Fair Attendance Commemoration card" on the bottom right of the card border. Another promotional variant was released in Japan for those who participated in the Champion Road tournament held in January 2000. This print differs from the regular print by featuring "Champion Road 2000 Attendance Commemoration card" on the bottom right of the card border and gold foil on the expansion symbol in place of the regular black.
Quick Attack is a move in the Pokémon games that Cyndaquil can learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Gold. The Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Silver.
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Qantas to start third A380 LAX route next year?
One of Qantas' newest A380 aircraft, VH-OQI, departs Melbourne on 17 April.
An article on LAX's terminal expansion from California paper Contra Costa Times offers this small but interesting nugget: "Qantas intends to add a third A380 jetliner to its Los Angeles routes in 2012″.
A Qantas spokesman could not be drawn to comment on Qantas adding a third A380 to its LAX route. "I don't think that's what the article says," he says. He explains he thinks the article means Qantas will add a third aircraft to the total number of A380 aircraft Qantas rotates for the LAX route.
It is a very good explanation–evasion?–except that with a daily LAX route from Sydney and an almost daily LAX route from Melbourne, Qantas already has four A380 aircraft on the LAX rotation.
(If I've lost you, consider this: given the 14 hour flying time between Australia and California, when Qantas A380s depart Sydney and Melbourne for Los Angeles, there are already two A380s at LAX preparing to fly back to Australia. Thus, Qantas cannot add a third aircraft since it already has four on the rotation. Thus a third route is likely. If you are wondering, the writer of the Contra Costa article declined to comment on the record.)
There is a view that Qantas adding another A380 to the LAX route is unsurprising given the A380 will eventually replace almost all of the carrier's Boeing 747-400s. Fair enough. What is interesting is the timing, both for Qantas and its competitors.
For Qantas, the carrier will soon start taking delivery of A380s that have fewer premium seats. It will also reconfigure its existing A380 aircraft to reduce premium seat count. Would such an A380 configuration be appropriate for the Brisbane-Los Angeles route, typically operated by a 747 without first class? Or would Qantas want to put the A380 on its second SYD-LAX flight?
For Delta and V Australia, could this A380 LAX deployment be a preemptive strike against their anti-trust immunity, if granted, as well as possible new routes and services arising from the alliance?
The deployment of an A380 to LAX could give insight into Qantas' outlook for its Asian and European routes, but other new A380 aircraft could be deployed to those markets–notably Hong Kong. For that, it is too early to comment.
For reference, consider the A380 deployment schedule Qantas envisioned when ordering the aircraft.
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Farewell Kemal
İt has taken me a couple of days to thiınk of the words to wrıte to descrıbe the shock at losing Kemal and Wolter ın front of you but I don,t thınk words can descrıbe the feelıng of losıng fellow competıtors. I was a few places behınd these two on Day 3 of the rally and came upon the accıdent scene probably 3 to 4 mıns after ıt happened. At fırst glance it dıd not seem like realıty and you expected to see the guys movıng and gettıng up off the ground but unfortuantly as soon as I got to Kemal ıt was apparent thıs was a serıous crash.
I checked for a pulse on Kemal but there was nothıng there and from the look of hıs head ınjurıes ıt was apparent somethıng serıous had happened. Our attentıons were turned ınstead to consolıng Selcuk hıs long tıme adventure partner who was understandably very shocked wıth the events.
Wıth all the confusıon it was not obvıous at fırst that there was even a second fatalıty untıl perhaps 5 to 10 mıns later when I realısed there was ın fact another bıke on the other sıde of the road and there had ın fact been three bıkes ınvolved and not the normal case of one bıke crashıng ınto another. Agaın we check for a pulse on Wolter and we thought we could feel somethıng so attempted CPR on hım for quıte some tıme but unfortuantly to no avaıl.
So ıt has been a very traumatıc few days for everyone but İ now hold a sense of closure havıng attended Kemals funeral and burıal ın Istanbul yesterday. The KTM Spormoto team pulled out of the event and İ decıded to do the same and travel to Istanbul wıth my Turkısh frıends to bıd thıs legend farewell.
The racıng has resumed agaın today but my heart is just not ın ıt at present wıth the prıorıty ınstead beıng to see my famıly and put lıfe ın perspectıve. I thınk the hardest thıng to comprehend at the moment is how the accıdent could have occurred on a straıght pıece of road 200 m past the end of the asphalt and claım two fellow racers - one guy who has achıeved more than most people could ever hope to achıeve ın theır lıfes and another who was just at the begınıng of hıs.
I thınk my lastıng memory of Kemal wıll be two thıngs. Fırstly on Day 2 of the Transanatolıa we arrıved at the bıvowac early and were restıng ın the tent out of the sun. The way I knew Kemal had arrıved at the camp was by hearıng hıs loud and ınfectıous laughter resonatıng around the camp sıte. Also my other last memory of Kemal wıll be also from the Transanatolıa of seeıng Kemal donıng hıs runnıng gear to go and traın for another 45 mıns after we have just rıdden for 8 to 9 hours and are layıng collapsed and exhausted under the tent. He was truely an ınspıratıon to be around and hıs true grıt and enthusısm wrabbed off on you the more tıme you spent wıth hım.
He was a true legend and a great guy at that who encompassed the spırıt ın all of us who compete ın Adventure Rallıes but unfortuantly ıt ıs always the best who get taken too early ın theır lıfes.
Farewell Kemal and Wolter and please contınue to look down on us all ın the future.
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(Crete, Nebraska) The Dordt College Defender men's soccer team turned in a 1-0 road victory in the Great Plains Athletic Conference on Thursday, October 18 over the Doane Tigers in Crete, Nebraska.
The Defenders got the only goal of the game early in the second half when Ryan Coon banged one into the net off an assist by Siam Grobler. The gamewinner was Coon's 41st goal of his career at Dordt College and were his 99th and 100th points, tying him for ninth all-time on the Dordt College career list.
Brandon Vander Wel worked in goal, facing 18 shots, six of which were on goal, making six saves for the shutout win.
Dordt managed nine shots on goal and 16 shots total.
The Defenders are 3-4-2 in the conference and 6-6-2 overall. Dordt has three games remaining and will face Mount Marty on Saturday at 3:00 in Sioux Center.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Georgia congressman John Lewis are among six people set to receive Harvard University's highest honor in the field of African and African-American studies.
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SOURCE: "Tilley the Toiler: A Profile of the New Yorker Magazine," in The Saturday Review of Literature, Vol. XXX, No. 34, August 30, 1947, pp. 7-10, 29-32.
In the following excerpt, Maloney discusses "legends" concerning various personalities and practices associated with the New Yorker.
This article is the work of a man who spent just under eleven years on the staff of The New Yorker magazine, wrote two million words for it, more or less, went through five hundred and seventy-odd weekly deadlines, and resigned at last because he felt rather middle-aged and pooped.
Once a year, on the anniversary of the first issue of The New Yorker, there appears on its cover a portrait by Rea Irvin, the magazine's first art editor, of the mythical character known around the office as Eustace Tilley. Tilley, who is represented as scrutinizing a butterfly through a single eyeglass, is a supercilious...
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Jasper Starr and his carpool partner, Matt Leto, strode into the tower as they did every workday morning. They looked dead ahead, walked in time with each other, shot their cuffs and each pushed one of the heavy glass doors open as they made their grand entrance.
Then they cracked up.
"That never gets old," Matt said with a grin as the pair veered through the lobby toward the bank of elevators on the far right. "You had a bit of extra oomph in your shove. Big day, huh?"
"Yep." Jasper tugged at his tie with one hand, grinning at Mandy Smith from central accounting who rolled her eyes at them. "Do I look okay?"
Matt glanced at him and dodged a bit to get around someone going against the flow of foot traffic. "You look fine," he said. "New suit?"
"New position, new suit. I get a new one every time I get promoted. It's a thing."
"It's a geek thing," Matt pointed out as they made their way closer to the centerpiece of the lobby, a rarely-used glass elevator that only went to the top floor. "Seriously, when I get promoted I buy electronics. Take a vacation. Get drunk. You buy clothes for work?"
Jasper shrugged. "I got a new external hard drive, too."
"You're such a geek."
"A geek with new threads and a massive amount of storage. Not to mention, I'm now two floors above you and my office has a door."
Matt snorted, but looked impressed. "Window?"
"Give me two years." Jasper grinned and was about to say something about how fancy the car they'd be coming to work in by that time would be, but his attention was drawn to the glass elevator and the sudden quieting of voices around them as Mr. Nero came into view, descending from thelevel above them. The personal assistant to the President and CEO stood in the middle of the circular platform, his hands clasped in front of him, his gaze trained forward.
"Maybe after you get promoted six or seven more times you'll be able to afford suits like his," Matt said in a low voice.
"Ten or twelve times," Jasper corrected, watching the elevator and its lone occupant come down. They kept walking, as did the crowd around them, but the pace had slowed as everyone waited to see what was going on. The elevator was only used by Mr. Nero or the CEO, Mr. Ashwood and, other than for rare exceptions, that always caused a buzz. Even clients and corporate visitors used the regular elevators. "I wonder what he's doing down here?"
"Don't know," Matt said with a shrug. "Nothing to do with us, though. I'm sure the mail crew will know."
Jasper nodded and looked over at the bank of elevators they were supposed to already be at. "We're going to be late," he pointed out. "The backlog is starting."
"Uh." Matt shook his head and peeled himself off to the side. "I might be. Not you. Later, man."
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Heroes and Villains (TV series)
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Executive producer(s) | Matthew Barrett |
Producer(s) | Mark Hedgecoe |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original run | 11 November 2007 29 March 2008 |
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Related shows | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire |
Heroes and Villains was a 2007–2008 BBC Television docudrama series looking at key moments in the lives and reputations of some of the greatest warriors of history. Each hour-long episode featured a different historical figure, including Napoleon I of France, Attila the Hun, Spartacus, Hernán Cortés, Richard I of England, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The statements at the beginning of each episode read: "This film depicts real events and real characters. It is based on the accounts of writers of the time. It has been written with the advice of modern historians." In the United States the show is aired on The Military Channel and was called "Warriors".[1]
The series was filmed by BBC Factual department in 720p high definition with the Panasonic DVCPRO HD cameras. The greenscreen scenes were filmed with the handheld AG-HVX200 cameras.[2]
The numbering of the six episodes that make up the series is debatable due to them being listed differently on different sources. The DVD release has them listed in the order of Spartacus, Attila the Hun, Shogun, Richard the Lionheart, Cortes, and Napoleon; while the BBC website guide has them listed as Napoleon 1/6, Cortes 2/6, Attila the Hun 3/6, Shogun 4/6, Spartacus 5/6, and Richard the Lionheart 6/6.[3] However they are listed here by their airdate according to the BBC website.[4]
Original Airdate: 11 November 2007
Filmed on location in Malta, this story covers the siege of Toulon. Beginning in Marseilles on 24 August 1793 and ending on 18 December 1793, it covers his rivalry with Fréron as well as his sister Paoletta's affair with Fréron and his rise through the ranks as they fight the English at "Little Gibraltar."
- Rob Brydon as Fréron
- Richard McCabe as Barras
- Tom Burke as Napoleon
- Laura Greenwood as Paoletta
- Alice Krige as Letizia
- Alex Lowe as Junot
- Kenneth Cranham as General Carteaux
- Gina Bellman as Catherine Carteaux
- Dareen Queralt as Denon
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths as General Doppet
- Antony Higgins as General Dugommier
- Writer and Director: Nick Murphy
- Historical Consultant: Professor Alan Forrest, University of York
"Attila the Hun"[edit]
Original Airdate: 13 February 2008
Attila and his brother, Bleda, make a pact with the Western Roman Emperor to leave their lands untouched. This sends them to the Eastern Roman Empire instead and they take the city of Naissus, prompting the eastern emperor to buy them off. They leave with their prize but Attila soon kills his brother and returns. After defeating the emperor's army, Chrysaphius and Vigilas attempt to bribe Edeco in order to kill Attila but he betrays them. Attila then attacks the western empire because he feels he must, but in doing so he faces Aetius and a coalition of armies belonging to his enemies.
Original Airdate: 29 February 2008
Spartacus, sold as a gladiator, organizes an escape and the Roman army is soon hunting him and his fellow escaped slaves. He and his men attack the Romans and other slaves soon arrive to join them which causes trouble between those who want revenge and Spartacus who wishes to flee to Gaul. After another attack by the Romans, they head for Gaul. Yet, after facing the Romans again and winning, Spartacus's men convince him to attack rather than flee. The Romans, however, push them to the ocean and a final battle ensues.
Original Airdate: 15 March 2008
Cortés and his men arrive in Central America in 1521 in search of riches. They cross the mountains and soon become allies with the Tlaxcalans. Once they reach Tenochtitlan, they are invited in but then proceed to insult the Aztec's customs and take their ruler, Moctezuma, hostage. Yet, when it is discovered that Cortés is a criminal, he must leave the city to fight the army that the king has sent after him. When he returns, he finds that a war has started and the battle over Tenochtitlan begins.
"Richard the Lionheart"[edit]
Original Airdate: 22 March 2008
During the Third Crusade, the crusaders arrive in Jaffa and find it destroyed. Amidst uneasiness in the ranks and an attack that leaves one of his close friends dead, Richard hopes to marry off his sister to Al Adil and create an alliance. However, Al Adil will not agree and the crusaders begin to suffer from a lack of supplies. Finally, Richard decides not to attack Jerusalem and the coalition falls apart. Eventually he must face the decision of protecting his kingdom from his brother or completing his oath to God. In the end, Richard plans to return home but when Jaffa is assaulted, he returns to rescue his men.
Original Airdate: 29 March 2008
After the Taiko's death in 1598, Ieyasu has his son sent away which upsets Mitsunari. After an attack by Mitsunari, Ieyasu's son, Hidetada, takes his men to find Mitsunari but he escapes. Ieyasu forces Mitsunari into exile and begins to take control of the government. However, when another lord begins to rebel, Ieyasu convinces Hideaki to join him in battle only to have Mitsunari turn him later on. Eventually the two armies meet and the Battle of Sekigahara begins, with Hideaki unable to choose which side to fight for. He eventually chooses Ieyasu and they win the battle, taking control of Japan.
Media information[edit]
DVD release[edit]
The series was released as a two disc set on Region 2 DVD by BBC Video on 24 March 2008.[5][6]
Companion book[edit]
McLynn, Frank (4 October 2007). Heroes and Villains: Inside the Minds of the Greatest Warriors in History. BBC Books (hardcover). ISBN 978-1-84607-240-6.[7]
- ^ The Military Channel - Warriors
- ^ "Reel World - Blockbuster TV, p. 20" (PDF).
- ^ BBC.co.uk Heroes and Villains 2008 Broadcasts
- ^ BBC.co.uk Heroes and Villains
- ^ BBCShop.com Heroes and Villains
- ^ Amazon.com Heroes and Villains
- ^ Amazon.com Heroes and Villains: Inside the Minds of the Greatest Warriors in History
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